38,865 Entries
The latest TV show to receive good news and bad news within the same announcement is the comedy series “Portlandia,” which received official word from IFC that the show was renewed for its eighth season — but that’s the end of…
Actor, comedian and singer Dick Gautier, who had a long career in television that included playing the iconic role of Hymie the Robot on the late ’60s sitcom “Get Smart,” has died. Gautier died Friday, Jan. 13, in Los Angeles…
Paul Franklin is in his first NATPE conference as CBS Television Distribution president this week, and the executive discussed the challenges of maintaining one of the most successful portfolios in syndication in a profile published by TVNewsCheck. “Franklin is overseeing…
PBS announced the launch of the first-ever national 24/7 PBS Kids channel, provided by member stations across the country on TV and via live streaming on digital platforms. The channel’s popular kids’ programming includes “Sesame Street,” “Bob the Builder,” “Clifford…
Donald Trump has had another performer cancel on him — and this one’s all about Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone reports that the B-Street Band, a Springsteen tribute band that has been playing almost 200 shows a year since 1980, announced…
A video posted this month provides one of the nicest tributes we’ve seen to actress, author and “Star Wars” icon Carrie Fisher, who died Dec. 27 at the age of 60. The YouTube video, posted by the Wonderful Actors account,…
With the NATPE conference getting under way this week in Miami, distributor PPI Releasing announced Monday that the syndicated series “Just for Laughs: Gags” was renewed for two more seasons. “The Canadian import, which runs both as a Monday-Friday strip…
Press release from PBS, Jan. 15, 2017: Tomorrow PBS, the nation’s most trusted provider of educational media for children, will launch the first-ever national 24/7 PBS KIDS channel, provided by member stations across the country on TV and via live…
Press release from Gray Television, Jan. 16, 2017: Gray Television, Inc. announced today that pay-TV provider Dish Network has decided to stop carrying all television stations owned and/or operated by Gray Television at 7:00 pm Eastern on Tuesday, January 17,…
Press release from AMC, Jan. 14, 2017: On the heels of three Golden Globe wins for “The Night Manager,” AMC & the BBC announced today that they will team up again with The Ink Factory for a television adaptation of…